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Domnall mac Ailpín
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dòmhnall mac Ailpein, Donald MacAlpin,, Donald I of Scotland, Domnall mac Ailpin, Domhnall mac Ailpein, Donald I, King of Alba, Donald I
King of the Picts from 858 to 862
Key facts
- Reign
- 8 February 858 – 13 April 862
- Predecessor
- Kenneth I
- Successor
- Constantine I
- Died
- 13 April 862, Cinnbelachoir (modern-day Scone )
- Burial
- Iona
- Issue
- Giric ?
- House
- Alpin
- Father
- Alpín mac Echdach
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Iona
- Child
- Giric
- Father
- Alpín mac Echdach
- Sibling
- Kenneth MacAlpin
- Occupation
- king
- Position held
- list of kings of the Picts
- Family
- House of Alpin
- Image
- Donald MacAlpin.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0812-01-01
- date of death
- 0863-04-13
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- place of burial
- Iona Abbey
- name in native language
- Donald I
- Commons category
- Donald I of Scotland
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Domnall mac Ailpín (Modern Gaelic: Dòmhnall mac Ailpein), anglicised sometimes as Donald MacAlpin and known in most modern regnal lists as Donald I (812 – 13 April 862), was King of the Picts from 858 to 862. He followed his brother Kenneth I to the Pictish throne. He was posthumously given the epithet "Drechruaidh" (of the Ruddy Countenance) by the Duan Albanach.
Reign
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Domnall mac Ailpín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.